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The Sharpeville massacre occurred on 21 March 1960 at the police station in the township of Sharpeville in the then Transvaal Province of the then Union of South Africa (today part of Gauteng). After demonstrating against pass laws, a crowd of about 7,000 protesters went to the police station. … See more
Sharpeville was first built in 1943 to replace Topville, a nearby township that suffered overcrowding where illnesses like pneumonia were widespread. Due to the illness, removals from Topville began in 1958. … See more
South African governments since the eighteenth century had enacted measures to restrict the flow of African South Africans into cities. … See more
The uproar among South Africa's black population was immediate, and the following week saw demonstrations, protest marches, strikes, and riots around the country. On 30 March 1960, the government declared a state of emergency, detaining more … See more
The Afrikaner poet Ingrid Jonker mentioned the Sharpeville Massacre in her verse.
The event was an inspiration for painter Oliver Lee Jackson in his Sharpeville Series from the 1970s. See moreOn 21 March, 1960, a group of between 5,000 and 10,000 people converged on the local police station, offering themselves up for … See more
Since 1994, 21 March has been commemorated as Human Rights Day in South Africa.
Sharpeville was the … See moreUNESCO marks 21 March as the yearly International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in memory of the massacre. See more
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https://www.britannica.com/event/Sharpeville-mas…Sharpeville massacre, (March 21, 1960), incident in the Black township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging, South Africa, in which police fired on a crowd …
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